Moral Instruction. c1840.


Book Description
WESTALL, Richard. ‘Moral Instruction’ and ‘Religious Instruction’. Two stipple engraved prints, both trimmed to ruled boarder, and on early sugar paper album leaves.
24cm x 17cm (each image). c.1840?
Religious Instruction depicts a seated woman sitting at a table reading a book with a magnifying glass, as the boy also reads from a smaller book, and a little girl kneels against a stool with a piece of cake in her hand looking at the dog.
Moral Instruction depicts a seated father receiving a floralspray from his wife, with a young girl examining a botanical book rested on his knee, and with a basket of flowers in the foreground. Further books are on shelves on the rear wall.
Author
Westall, Richard.
Date
1840
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